Julia Shayk - Babys First Year

61 secrets of successful feeding, sleeping, and pottytraining.

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Copyright 2014 by Julia Shayk.

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Final notes and Thank you!

Have you seen the books on baby care writtenby doctors? They are like 500-800 pages. They should be so, ofcourse, because these are necessary fundamentals; however, that isexactly the big issue with them. When I gave birth to my daughterDaniella in 2013, I was still working from home at night. The factthat I had to spend a lot of time going through pages of fat booksto get idea grasp of a problem during late hours often frustratedme. Moreover, after these searches, I often realized that efficientadvice came from the books written by parents or forums likeBabycenter.com, where I could find information structured conciselyas blog posts. In addition, I often asked the mothers around meabout their best practices to help me make conclusions on what canbe beneficial for my baby. Still, the major source I found for themost effective techniques was my Korean grandmother. She was aprofessional nurse and mid-wife in a maternity hospital for 35years and helped thousands of women give birth and take care oftheir babies during first days afterwards. Her tricks work likeclockwork.

At the same time, I am an immigrant fromCentral Asia, where Russian heritage collided with Asiantraditions. Now living in New York, I resided in Germany as well. Iam part Korean on my mothers side and half Tatar on my fathers.My husband is American-Italian. The friendsother mothers from theplayground, whom I meet almost every day - are Spanish, Jewish andNepalese. All this blending of cultural insights means that thereis no way not to compare parenting styles; however, in thisbook I describe mostly my experience as the result of comparativeanalysis and actual experiments. This is about the tips thatfinally worked.

As I said before, in these busy days full ofinformation chaos, I wished there were one source where provenpractical tips on babys first year, in addition to M.Ds guides,could be covered in a bullet point or blogpost form. You know theold saying: If you want something to be done, do it yourself. So,this is such a book, with the hope that it will help busy parentsavoid similar problems. I hope you will find certain things useful.If you do, please let me know, as it will make me instantly happy.You can find me at responsibleparents.net. All constructivecomments are more than welcome.

Finally, this guide to survive the firstparenting year successfully and stress free includes tips on:

Chapter 1. Conscious parenting:communication, routine and stress

Chapter 2. Baby feeding: breastfeeding, solidfood introduction, and making a schedule

Chapter 3. Getting your baby to sleep throughthe night

Chapter 4. Bathing babies: how, where, andwhen

Chapter 5. Diapering. Potty training by 8, 15or 24 months

Chapter 6. Lets play! Early childhooddevelopment

Your child is a unique miracle in your life.If you contemplate what you really want for him, it will be, mostprobably, health and happiness. But also, Id guess, you would wishhim advanced social and technical skills which would let him enjoyhis life in adulthood. Many of us face a lack of these skillsduring our early twenties, when we meet the necessity of becomingindependent. Then we often hate our jobs, the people around us, orthe cities we live in. We might be stressed out, in panic anddepressed. I strongly believe that many of these stresses can beavoided if parents help their children develop willpower,tolerance, patience, creativity, motivation, critical thinking,kindness and presence at the current moment during the first yearsof life. These are the years when babies absorb a lot ofinformation and learn quickly and easily. Many things so difficultfor grown-ups seem nothing but a game for babies; the most commonexample is their ability to learn languages. Therefore, we need togive them not only love, but proper care, as that is whatinfluences their mindset for the rest of their lives.

Babies learn words before birth is thetitle of an article published in October, 2013 in Science NewsMagazine, which states that after birth, babies can recognizewords they heard in the womb. Others research found that infantsalso remember voices. Koreans start counting a babys age fromconception, i.e., he is 9 months old when he is born. Therefore,start talking to your baby, explain things to him and connect withhim as soon as you know he is inside of you or your partner. Do notthink this is useless. As the famous psychiatrist Stanislav Grofproved in his works, people do remember unconsciously what happenedto them during the prenatal period, and it can deeply affectthem.